I took it in to my fave local bike shop. New local gal has been great, but the trike had her stymied. She felt it needed a shift system, but didnt know quite how to approach it. When i checked in, the trike continued to be not even worked on.
I used the big blue for 2 weeks. Which was fine. But on one visit to the P.O., I didn't have a way to get my 3 large boxes home and ended up taping them to the carry basket frame with tape we had just bought. And the weather is getting colder, which the trike handles better. I needed it back.
Then it came to me - have the shop come to me. I recalled Velofix had been at a town event or 2, so obviously they come out here. Sent out an inquiry email, exchanged a few more with Halton franchisee Tom, and had a booking in under a week.
He backed into the driveway with his big van at lunchtime. On changing the brake cable, he found it was broken on the inside. So glad that got dealt with.
He was able to move the rear axle back to reduce slack in the chain on my preferred gear. The chain, it turned out, wasn't in bad shape.
He discovered there are places to mount a derailleur on it and will send me an email with options.
The visit, which included a general tune up, replacing break pads, etc., was $105 before tax. He has a wifi card machine on board so I could pay with plastic. He says he doesn't like to have a lot of cash in the truck.
It was a tremendous experience from start to finish. If anyone has a weird awkward bike or unusual problem, don't hesitate to call Velofix.
Thus endeth the endorsement :)
